If being a competent small group problem solver is difficult, it is even more difficult to impart those competencies to others. Unlike athletic coaches who are near their players during the real game, teachers of small group communication are not typically present for on-the-spot coaching when their students are doing their problem solving. That…

This proceedings contains 15 conference papers and presentation summaries from the 14th annual International Conference on Outdoor Recreation and Education (ICORE). Titles are: "The Hidden Costs of Outdoor Education/Recreation Academic Training" (Christian Bisson); "The Service Learning Concept: Service Learning in the National…

This study explores the importance of the group context in the emergence of leadership, dominance, and group effectiveness in children's collaborative learning groups. Ten 3-person work groups performed a collaborative math activity. Using achievement goal orientation (Ames, 1992; Maehr and Midgley, 1996; Pintrich and Schunk, 1996) as a framework,…

Given the increasing use of art as a means of fostering communication in therapeutic settings, it was hypothesized that an art-focused group activity might improve social relations on a college campus and reduce campus residents' levels of loneliness. A controlled efficacy evaluation was conducted using college students (N=140) living in 11…

A study of eight clients of Goodwill Industries of Lubbock, Texas concludes that the use of group counseling in a rehabilitative facility can assist clients in enhancing their self-concept and improving their work satisfactoriness. (EA)

To demonstrate the potential of film as a teaching aid, The Poseidon Adventure'' is analyzed in terms of small group communication theory. Group identity and leadership qualities are stressed since the film reflects these qualities. (CH)

Development by a university counseling center staff of a training procedure to help students interact productively in small groups to learn academic material is described. After refinement of the program (entitled Education Through Student Interaction), emphasis was placed on teaching faculty to train students by means of this procedure. (Author)

Assessed the effect of Kagan's Interpersonal Process Recall (IPR) on group work and compared it with a T group method. The IPR groups showed significantly greater change in individual and group interaction factors. High-self-esteem subjects showed no difference between methods. The self-confrontation of IPR was beneficial to the low-self-esteem…

Nine-, eleven-, and thirteen-year-old children participated in a conformity situation requiring the judgment of the louder of two successively presented tones. (Editor)

A number of testable propositions are developed which relate the variables of compliance, mobility, and size to motivation for clique formation and to constraints within which cliques form. Five clique types are discussed. (Author/JN)

This is a position paper on the place of training in group process and participation in groups as part of teacher education. (Editor/RK)

Studied relationships of achievement motivation, information status, and group discussion arrangements to risk-taking behaviors for six high school biology classes, using the Extremity-Confidence of Hypothesis Test and Risk-Taking Verbal Observation Scale. Concluded that risk-taking was a multidimensional trait and might be influenced by…

In general, the data from this study support the hypothesis that attitude maintenance is facilitated by the support of other group members. (Authors)

Students become motivated through group interaction with peers but attitude change is not always enough to effect change in reading and study skills. (Author/RB)